Education Students & ECTs - TA​/HLTA Uni

Job Title: Education Students & ECTs – TA / HLTA Work Around Uni

Location: Sheffield

Pay: Competitive daily rates, paid weekly via PAYE

Contract: Flexible, part-time, term-time

Start: Ongoing

Studying to become a teacher and want proper classroom experience while you’re at uni? This one’s for you

We’re working with welcoming schools across Sheffield who are keen to support education students and ECTs looking to work as Teaching Assistants or HLTAs alongside their degree. It’s a brilliant way to build confidence, sharpen your classroom skills, and earn while you learn.

• Flexible work that fits around lectures, placements, and deadlines
• Paid, hands‑on classroom experience, not just observing from the sidelines
• Opportunities in primary, secondary, SEND, and alternative settings
• A clear pathway into qualified teaching roles once your degree is completed

• Supporting pupils 1:1 or in small groups
• Working alongside teachers to keep lessons running smoothly
• Gaining real insight into behaviour management, SEND, and school life
• Building experience that schools genuinely value when you qualify

• Education students or ECTs currently studying towards QTS
• Confident, reliable, and keen to get stuck in
• Available at least 1 to 2 days per week during term time
• A genuine interest in developing a career in teaching

• Weekly pay through PAYE, no umbrella companies
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Ongoing support from a friendly, local Sheffield consultant
• Roles that grow with you, from TA to qualified teacher

Already Thrive trained? Amazing. Not yet? No worries, we’ll get you booked onto our free Thrive training, it’s a real bonus when schools are choosing who to bring in.

If you’re looking to make the most of your time at uni and step into teaching feeling confident and classroom‑ready, let’s have a chat.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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